ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization Single-Family Home, Two Full Stories, Approximately 180 m²
Created on: 29 Oct 2021 11:47
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hansipansi
Hello dear community,
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
Thanks a lot in advance!
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
- Large hallway window upstairs
- Window seat in the kitchen (we don’t want a bar counter with stools)
- Hidden door from kitchen to pantry (not shown in the current plan but possible and already discussed with the kitchen planner)
- Garden should be as large as possible
- Is the living room big enough? (just the TV area)
- Will the hallway on the ground floor be too dark?
- Is 51 cm (20 inches) depth enough for a wardrobe?
- Any other general suggestions for improvement? What do you think is bad or would you do differently?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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NoSchnitzers29 Oct 2021 15:46I would reconsider the kitchen layout, as you don’t have any workspace on the island. Maybe place the sink or stove on the other countertop.
If this were my kitchen, I would go for a tall cabinet wall (possibly with a storage niche) combined with a peninsula. However, you would need to check how large the island could be and whether the available space would be sufficient.
If this were my kitchen, I would go for a tall cabinet wall (possibly with a storage niche) combined with a peninsula. However, you would need to check how large the island could be and whether the available space would be sufficient.
Ground Floor
I find the cloakroom area too small for four people.
I would remove the pantry.
Be sure to add furniture to scale. The living area feels too small.
Upper Floor
The play corridor is used for everything except playing.
I like the suggestion to remove the small corridor.
If the circulation space is larger than the children’s bedrooms, something is off.
Try to access the master bedroom through the walk-in closet.
Have you tried a different staircase design? There is a large hallway on both the ground and upper floors. On the ground floor, a narrow corridor forms along the staircase. It does not feel spacious when entering.
I find the cloakroom area too small for four people.
I would remove the pantry.
Be sure to add furniture to scale. The living area feels too small.
Upper Floor
The play corridor is used for everything except playing.
I like the suggestion to remove the small corridor.
If the circulation space is larger than the children’s bedrooms, something is off.
Try to access the master bedroom through the walk-in closet.
Have you tried a different staircase design? There is a large hallway on both the ground and upper floors. On the ground floor, a narrow corridor forms along the staircase. It does not feel spacious when entering.
I don’t see how a window seat could replace a breakfast bar – in my view, they serve different purposes and aren’t interchangeable.
Why exactly 51cm (20 inches)? And no, the coat rack isn’t just too shallow.
What does the 39cm (15 inches) exterior wall thickness refer to, and what kind of wall construction is planned there?
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hansipansi schrieb:
Is 51cm (20 inches) depth enough for a coat rack?
Why exactly 51cm (20 inches)? And no, the coat rack isn’t just too shallow.
What does the 39cm (15 inches) exterior wall thickness refer to, and what kind of wall construction is planned there?
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hansipansi schrieb:
The large upstairs hallway is intended, among other things, to be a play area for the children.hansipansi schrieb:
There will only be an armchair in the upstairs hallway.The children push the armchair down the stairs, and the parents are shocked every evening? That’s unrealistic. See @Myrna_Loy
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hansipansi29 Oct 2021 19:3411ant schrieb:
I don’t understand how a window seat would replace a bar counter – in my view, they serve different purposes.
Why exactly 51? – and no, the wardrobe is not the only thing too shallow.
What does the 39 cm (15 inches) exterior wall thickness mean, and what wall construction is planned there?The window seat is not meant to replace the counter. We simply like it.
51 cm (20 inches) because that’s how the architect designed it.
I need to say something more about the window seat: is it really cozy to sit there, right in front of the kitchen cabinets? You aren't looking at the countertop, but facing doors – I think your imagination played a trick on you here (just like with the 2-meter (6.5-foot) hallway…). No one will want to sit there…
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